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{{3.5e Spell
| name=Heat Metal
| school=Transmutation 
| desc=Fire
| lvl=Druid 2, Sun 2
| comp=V, S, DF
| casttime=1 [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]]
| range=Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
| tsea=t 
| subj=Metal equipment of one creature per two levels, no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart; or 25 lb. of metal/level, all of which must be within a 30-ft. circle
| dur=7 rounds
| save=[[SRD:Saving Throw|Will]] negates (object)
| sr=Yes (object)
}}

''Heat metal ''makes metal extremely warm. Unattended, nonmagical metal gets no [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]]. Magical metal is allowed a [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] against the spell. An item in a creature’s possession uses the creature’s [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] bonus unless its own is higher.

A creature takes fire damage if its equipment is heated. It takes full damage if its armor is affected or if it is holding, touching, wearing, or carrying metal weighing one-fifth of its weight. The creature takes minimum damage (1 point or 2 points; see the table) if it’s not wearing metal armor and the metal that it’s carrying weighs less than one-fifth of its weight.

On the first [[SRD:Round|round]] of the spell, the metal becomes warm and uncomfortable to touch but deals no damage. The same effect also occurs on the last [[SRD:Round|round]] of the spell’s duration. During the second (and also the next-to-last) [[SRD:Round|round]], intense heat causes pain and damage. In the third, fourth, and fifth rounds, the metal is searing hot, causing more damage, as shown on the table below.

{| class="zebra d20" 
|-
!'''[[SRD:Round|Round]]''' !!'''Metal<BR>Temperature''' !!'''Damage''' 
|-
|1 ||Warm ||None 
|-
|2 ||Hot ||1d4 points 
|-
|3–5 ||Searing ||2d4 points 
|-
|6 ||Hot ||1d4 points 
|-
|7 ||Warm ||None 
|}

Any cold intense enough to damage the creature negates fire damage from the spell (and vice versa) on a point-for-point basis. If cast underwater, ''heat metal ''deals half damage and boils the surrounding water.

''Heat metal ''counters and dispels ''[[SRD:Chill Metal|chill metal]]''.

{{SRD Spell Footer|Druid|domain1=Sun}}
Component	V +, S + and DF +
Descriptor	Fire +
Level	Druid 2 + and Sun 2 +
Range	Other +
School	Transmutation +
Title	Heat Metal +